UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) September 24, 2008
BED BATH & BEYOND INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New York | 0-20214 | 11-2250488 | ||
(State of incorporation) |
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| Identification No.) |
650 Liberty Avenue
Union, New Jersey 07083
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
(908) 688-0888
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4 (c))
Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition
On September 24, 2008, Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the Company’s financial results for its fiscal second quarter ended August 30, 2008. A copy of this press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K (including the exhibit attached hereto) is being furnished under Item 2.02 and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of such section or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits:
99.1 Press Release issued by Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. on September 24, 2008.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| BED BATH & BEYOND INC. | |
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Date: September 24, 2008 | By: | /s/ Eugene A. Castagna |
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| Eugene A. Castagna |
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| Chief Financial Officer and |
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| Treasurer |
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| (Principal Financial and |
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| Accounting Officer) |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. |
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99.1 |
| Press Release issued by Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. on September 24, 2008. |
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